It looks like North Carolina tourist and cultural attraction Tweetsie Railroad can be removed from the "endangered" list.
"Watauga County commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to spend $3.15 million to help resolve a land dispute that threatened the future of the theme park between Boone and Blowing Rock," said the Asheville Citizen-Times.
"The train runs across some land it only leases and two minority owners of the property wanted to end the agree and get more money by selling or developing the land.
"The Winston-Salem Journal reported that commissioners will spend the money to buy a minority interest in the land and then lease it to Tweetsie. The family-owned theme park will eventually repay the county's cost, plus interest and expenses. ..."
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